Double-breasted garment.



' A; WARSHAUER.-

DOUBLE BREASTED GARMENT- APPLICA-T ION FILED JULY 18, 1,911.

Patented J an. 8, 1918.

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Au /i ALEXANDER WARSHAUER, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

DOUBLE-BREASTED GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

Application filed July 18, 1917. Serial No. 181,233.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER WARS- I-IAUER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inDouble-Breasted Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garments for the protection of the chest,abdomen, sides, and back, of the wearers body, and relates particularlyto garments adapted to be worn under an ordinary coat as an auxiliarybody protector, adapted to afford extra protection for the chest andabdomen.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a plan View of a garment embodying the invention, in a flatcondition.

Fig. 2 is a front View showing the garment adjusted for use.

Fig. 3 is a back View of the adjusted garment.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a slightly differentadjustment.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to a portion of Fig. 1, showing a modification.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

As shown by the drawings, my improved garment is adapted to encircle thewearers body, and comprises av central portion formed to cover thewearers back and preferably composed of two sections 12 and 13 united bya seam 14, and two end portions each formed to cover the chest andabdomen, one of said portions being preferably composed of sections 15and 1G united by a scam 17, while the other end portion is composed ofsections 18 and 19, united by a seam 20. One of the said end portions isunited to the central portion by a seam 21, and the other end portion isunited to the central portion by a seam 2'2.

Arm openings 23 are provided at the upper portion of the garment, saidopenings being arranged to receive the wearers arms, and preferablylocated on the seams 21, 22, as best shown by Fig. 1 Although thegarment shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, is sleeveless like a vest orwaistcoat, it is obvious that sleeves may be attached at the armopenings, as indicated by Fig. 5, which shows a portion of the garmentand a sleeve 24 attached thereto at one of the arm openings 23. Thegarment is provided, at the extremities of the end portions, withoppositely extending straps 25 and 26, which are preferably integralrespectively with the sections 16 and 19, said straps being adapted tomeet and be adj ustably and detachably connected behind the wearersback. As here shown, the strap 25 is provided with a pronged buckle 27adapted to engage the strap 26, as indicated by Fig. 3.

The garment is provided at one side with a slit 28, preferably locatedon the seam 22, below one of the arm openings, and arranged to receivethe strap 25, and permit said strap to pass from the interior to theexterior of the garment.

In putting on the garment the wearer insorts his arms in the openings23. passes the strap 25 through the slit 28, and then connects thestraps 25 and 26 behind his back, exerting a sutlicient pull on thestraps to gather or pucker the back portion, as indicated by Fig. 3. Thepull exerted on the straps pulls the end portions of the garment inopposite directions over the chest and abdomen, thus causing saidportions to lie smoothly and confining them securely with one endportion overlapping the other, so that neither portion can heaccidentally dis placed. The two end portions are therefore maintainedin position to constitute a double cover for the chest and abdomen.

One of the end portions may be provided near the upper edge of thegarment with supplemental fastening devices such as buttons 29 and 30,and the other end portion with complemental devices such as buttonholes31 and 32, these being arranged to cooperate as indicated by Fig. 2, indetachably' connecting the two end portions over the chest of thewearer. It is obvious that suitable snap or stud-aud-sockct fastenersmay be substituted for the said buttons and button-holes. If the wearerdesires to provide a larger or deeper neck opening exposing his neck-tiehe may fold or turn in the upper corners of the end portions as shown byFig. 4, the garment thus adjusted being sutlioiently confined by thestraps for all practical purposes. Said upper corners are formed byparts of the upper edges and parts of the vertical edges of the endportions. When these corners are extended and secured, as shown by Fi 2,the neck opening is contracted. When the corn ers are turned or foldedinwardly, the folds thus formed constitute the-edges of a \/-'-shaped'extension of the neck opening, as shown by Fig. 4:, said opening being"therefore enlarged. The straps 25 and 26 are below saidcorners,'"and'"therefore 'permit inward foldin;;' of the corners.

Iclaim:

AfCl'Ollble breasted garment'of the character described comprising amiddle portion formedtor-eover'the back, duplicate end portions.constituting a double :breast and abdomen cover, and "terminating instrap-1i ke xrfenibergeach end portion being attached ofsaidseamsalso*having-an-opening to per mit passage of the strap-likemember of the endportion attached to the central portion by the otherseam, means for adjustablyicone necting 'sa'id strap-like members, "eachend portionabfeingrofsatsize to reach nearly to the inner edge of theother end portion and having an upper corn'errcapableoflbeing folded in,and meanskf'or detaehably c'onnecting 'said upper corners Jan'di ithebody of the garment.

In. itestlmony'wvhereof I have aflixed my signature.

.AIJ'EXANDER WVA RSHAUER.

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